                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN A LOCALITY FAILS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SOCIAL SERVICES;
DEDUCTIONS BY COMPTROLLER; SOCIAL SERVICES; WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS (§ 63.2-408)

If any county or city, through its appropriate authorities or officers fails or
refuses to provide public assistance or social services in accordance with the
provisions of Subtitles II and III of this title, the Board through appropriate
proceedings shall require such authorities and officers to exercise the powers
conferred and perform the duties imposed by Subtitles II and III.
		For so long as the failure or refusal to provide for the public assistance or
social services continues, the Board shall authorize and direct the Commissioner
under regulations of the Board to provide for the payment of public assistance
or the furnishing of social services in such county or city out of funds
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Subtitles II and
III of this title. In such event, the Commissioner shall at the end of each
month file with the State Comptroller and with the local governing body of such
county or city a statement showing all disbursements and expenditures, including
administrative expenditures, made for and on behalf of such county or city, and
the Comptroller shall from time to time as such funds become available deduct
from funds appropriated by the Commonwealth, in excess of requirements of the
Constitution of Virginia, for distribution to such county or city amounts
required to reimburse the Commonwealth for expenditures incurred under the
provisions of this section. All such funds so deducted and transferred are
hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth, and shall be expended and
disbursed as provided in § 63.2-403. If at any time a locality fails to operate
public assistance programs or social service programs in accordance with state
laws or regulations or fails to provide the necessary staff for the
implementation of such programs, the Board may authorize and direct the
Commissioner, under regulations of the Board, to withhold from such locality the
entire reimbursement for administrative expenditures or a part thereof for the
period of time the locality fails to comply with state laws or regulations.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 63-26, 63-135, 63-136, 63-140.12, 63-140.13, 63-157,
63-158, 63-199, 63-200; 1960, c. 440; 1962, c. 621; 1966, c. 112; 1968, cc. 578,
668, 670, §§ 63.1-122, 63.1-123; 1970, c. 721; 1974, cc. 491, 504; 1975, cc.
176, 438; 1984, c. 781; 1990, c. 537; 1995, cc. 770, 818; 1999, c. 854; 2002, c.
747.